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In recent weeks Canadian courts have been busy issuing patent-related decisions and patent filers should take notice of some interesting developments which may enhance the appeal of Canada as a filing jurisdiction.
Two decisions which were released to the public in the last two weeks make…

It used to be common practice to include an “object clause” in a patent specification to clearly set out an over-arching objective of the invention. Many granted patents have multiple object clauses, setting out a number of goals for the invention. This practice died away as patent drafters came…